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The Unexpected Adventure

by Tank Drill

Chapter 5: Jayden's first day being a Royal Strategist

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I believe Frank was the only person in the party who didn't get drunk. I for one call him a lucky bastard because I got hammered so hard that I can't remember a goddamn thing about it. Luna kept on blushing when she recovered and was keeping her distance away from me. I sighed and thought, 'Maybe she is probably still angry with me?' I scratched the back of my head and continue to clean up the mess everybody made. I wasn't the only one who was cleaning; Connor, Pinkie, Aston, Applejack and Fluttershy helped out too, but the others had to go to their job.

Frank went with Twilight (Not surprised) and headed to the 'Everfree forest' as they would call it. Logan and Rainbow headed out early to show him the Rainbow Factory. Rarity dragged Ryan away for a strange scolding and I couldn't think of why she would scold him, but I came to a conclusion that the triangle traced on her cutie mark may have been his fault. Then again it might of been Ryan who wrote on my forearm saying 'Luna and Jayden XOXOX.' Next time I see him he is going to regret writing anything.

I sighed, "Where did Discord go?"

"He went to do some business with the negotiations with the Griffins." Fluttershy answered.

"Are the Equestrians at good terms with them?"

Pinkie popped right behind me, "We almost went to war with them with the whole Tirek incident."

This made me jump and my body almost stumbled across Luna. She moved away and slightly blushed again, but she cleared her throat and continued to sweep the floor. It was a good thing I didn't fall on my ass or got my leg tangled in wire.

"Pinkie, you almost gave him a heart attack... Do it again." Connor smirked.

"Fuck you." I hissed.

"Knock it off you three. We're almost done with cleaning here. Once were done you can do your Royal Strategist duty." Applejack said.

Aston and Pinkie chuckled, "Duty."

"I'm surrounded by idiots." Applejack whispered.

Everybody laughed and we eventually finished cleaning the huge castle. I wiped my forehead and looked around. Luna was nowhere to be found and I was wondering where she could be.

I saw steam coming from one of the bathrooms and I thought she was taking a shower. I decided to go to a different bathroom, so it wouldn't be awkward, to washout the marker doodle on my arm. After some twists and turns I found another bathroom, with soap, and cleaned to hell out of my forearm. It took five times to wash it completely out with hot and soapy water. After cleaning the bathroom of the soapy mess I made; I heard the shower curtain open. I held my breath and looked turn my head to the left.

It was Luna... She was soaked and had a bath towel around her. I started to dash out of the bathroom, but was caught by her levitation spell. I cocked my head around to see that she was blushing and I could tell she was embarrassed and angry. Her hair wasn't flowing, it was hung down my heavy water and the same goes for her tail. It was like she was a different per- I mean pony.

"I thought you were taking a shower in the other bathroom. I'm sorry." I gulped.

"I-I usually take cold showers after a party like last night... I see that you got your mark out of your arm and don't tell anypony about this." She stated.

"Y-Yes ma'am!" I said.


Luckily Connor and the rest of them weren't there when I made a fool out of myself. When Luna released me I sprinted to the living area and tried to calm down. 'This friendship is getting rockier by the day. I need to fix it and soon!' I thought. It then came to me, why was I doing this in the first place? Did I actually want to have a best friend who is a Royal figure to like me? This was becoming a thing when I first approached this world. I smiled. 'I think I am going to fit right in just fine.' I thought. I really didn't mind the personality change, but what ever force of nature was doing this, I accept it in full arms.

Luna got done with her business and walked down the stairs. She had her hair and tail flowing again; which made me smiled in the inside. I don't know what it was, but I just like her appearance in a way that an admirer would look at a celebrity. I shook my head, 'I am a celebrity in the Royal kind of way now.' I thought.

"Ready to go?" Luna asked.

My hand went on autopilot and I petted her mane. It was the same kind of reaction I had when I saw animals, I pet the hell out of them. I pet Luna through her mane and she was I realized my mistake.

I retracted my hand, "Sorry force of habit."

"N-No... It's fine." she blushed and her eyes met mine, "Could you do it again?"

My mind went blank, "Uh..."

Luna shook her head, "Never mind, lets get back to the castle."

Her horn glowed to used the teleportation spell. I sighed and closed my eyes. I heard a poof and when I opened my eyes, we were at my room again. I walked to my suitcase and grabbed my suit that was tucked underneath all my clothing. It was nothing special, it had a black Jacket, white button shirt, black pants and a ice blue tie. Luna saw my suit and smiled.

Luna walked out of the room and I headed out to the bathroom to change. When I finished, I looked at myself on the mirror. Nothing has changed from appearance, but I still looked good in a suit whether it was for an interview or for a date. I slightly blushed at that thought of dating, but shook my head to focus on my job. I saw Luna from the mirror and she was gazing on my suit which made me smile.

She spoke, "You look nice for your first day of the job. I'll show you to your work place."

I nodded, "Alright. Lets go."

We headed out of my room and headed towards the first floor of the castle. Once again, I was in awe of what was around me. I felt like I was a child looking at a dinosaur exhibit at a museum. The housekeepers that were cleaning the floors were eyeing me. It must be because they never saw humans before, but then again there was Frank who was here first. Which reminds me I need to ask him a few questions about things in Equestria. I walked to Luna's pace and noticed she was thinking about something.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked.

She shook her head, "Oh? Nothing really. I was just thinking that you'll be a great addition to the Royal family."

I smirked, "Alright. I am glad that you have accepted me already."

She smiled, "Ah! Here we are."

We came upon to a hallway with four doors facing each other. The first door had a sigh saying 'Royal Strategist.' I was happy that I get my own work place, my own room, and became friends who is a princess of the night. I was about to open the door, but was interrupted with a wimpy yell.

"WHAT IS THAT APE DOING IN THE CANTERLOT CASTLE?" It shouted.

This voice... The moment I hear it, I started to get irritated. I glanced at the pony who said that, it was a white Unicorn in a fancy outfit with blonde hair. He looked furious when I opened the door.

"Prince Blueblood! How dare you insult our Royal Strategist?!" Luna argued.

"Royal Strategist?! Pfft! I was going to be the strategist of this family!" He addressed.

I stayed silent like cat who observed the argument, but I also had no idea that he was going to be the Strategist of this castle. This made me grin, 'I took his position by accident.' I thought.

"Why are you grinning you insolent pig! Why don't you make laps around the castle to make yourself presentable?!" He shouted.

My grin turned into a frown, "I could lose weight, but you'll always be ugly."

His face started to boil, "What was that you dumb monkey?!"

I smirked, "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"

I was starting to see steam coming out of his ears. Boy does he have a short temper or what? I glanced at Luna who was trying to hold in some giggles. 'She's a child a heart.' I thought. I heard a growl from Blueblood and he stomped down both of his hooves.

"That's it! I challenge you to a duel!" He challenged.

Luna gasped and I had a poker face, "Alright. I'll bite what do you have in mind?"

"Weapon of choice at the Royal Guard training area. Meet me at noon and suffer your fate you stupid ape!" He informed.

Without another word he leaves us and I was kind of looking forward to the duel, but I wondered what Luna thought of the whole situation.

"This is the first that Blueblood has challenged anypony. I think his is angry at you." Luna said.

"Gee I haven't noticed. Maybe the screaming was to give me ice cream at the parlor." I said sarcastically.

She giggled, "Now I know why ponies love to use sarcastic words."

I went inside my work place and it was the same size as my room. A huge map of Equestria, the Griffin Empire and the Dragon lands were on a huge table. There was also some pony figures that were shaped for the game of RISK. There was a board that had the title, 'Idea board.' The last piece was a great feature of this room; a huge window viewed the busy city of Canterlot.

"Again... Wow." I said.

Luna walked beside me, "Lets get your first lesson done, so we can get to your duel."

"Before we do that, do you happen to have a scythe in your weapon department?" I asked.

"We don't have that, but we can stop at the blacksmith in the basement and we'll see what they have." She said.

"Alright lets get cracking." I said.


After the exciting lesson, we headed for the blacksmith area. I can understand why they put this area at the basement because it was colder down here and there are hot metals to deal with. We ran into a Unicorn mare who was hitting hot metal with a hammer forming a spear. She stopped and put the spear in a pot of water. The metal hissed when it came into contact with it. She turned to face Luna and bowed.

"What can I do to serve you Princess of the night?" She asked.

"Bell, I have a Royal Strategist who will be going through his first duel against Blueblood." Luna stated.

Bell's eyes widened, "Blueblood has never dueled another pony let alone a human." She said.

"Well he was angry enough, that he didn't get this job." I said.

"Hmm... Interesting... Anyway what weapon would you like?" Bell asked.

"I would like a scythe." I stated.

"Ah! I have one I made a few weeks ago. It should be in the storage."

Bell made her way to the storage and grabbed a suit case with her magic. She placed it down and opened it up. I remembered a very good movie, that had a song, to sum up what I was thinking about. Sure enough she said those magic words that got me to smile.

"Higitus figitus! Come out scythe!" She shouted.

An ice blue stainless steel scythe with a smooth wooden handle appeared into my hands. It was surprisingly lightweight and I walked towards one of the wooden statue of a stallion. I took a swing at it and for some apparent reason I felt something resonating within the blade. I guess it was my imagination. I turn to Bell who was impressed that her work was being used.

"How much?" I ask.

She giggled, "No charge. I think it suits you greatly, especially with that suit."

I shrugged, "I guess I'll change into my gym clothes."

"Aw, but seeing you in a suit while fighting a noble would probably be a great thing to see." Bell said.

"As much as we want to chat, I need Jayden to get ready soon because it is almost noon." She informed.

Bell bowed, "As you wish Princess."

Luna and I headed out of the basement. We eventually made it to my room and got changed into my old gym outfit from school. I brought it with me because I was going to use Frank's local gym to exercise for once, but I never thought I was going to use it to duel a noble.

"Do you really want to got through with this?" Luna asked.

I sighed, "I want to at least make a good first impression with everypony."

'Well that was a term I thought I was never going to use.' I thought.

"For what it's worth, you already impressed me with your voice." She said.

I smiled when she said that. I reached my hand to scratch her ears and she surprisingly moved her head towards my hand. I happily pet her mane and scratched the back of her ears. She pulled her head back and smiled.

"Your hands are really useful in the scratching department." She said.

"Yeah, I wouldn't know what to do without them if they were gone."

"Lets make haste and head to the Royal Guard training area."

I shrugged, "Let's make an example of him shall we?"


The Royal Guard training area was no joke in its size compared to the castle. It was its own separate building and it was still had spectacular architecture. Inside were rooms filled with bunk beds and a shower which could hold 100 people or stallions. I noticed that there are no signs to where the male and female bathrooms are. I shrugged it off and made my way to the center attraction. In the center was a roman style Colosseum and it was bigger than the ruins back at home. All sorts of sports and activities were installed there. An Olympian track stretched as far as I could see and in the center of it was the an arena where Blueblood was. His clothing didn't change from the last time we met and he was levitating a sword. I frowned when I saw him looking at his own reflection on the sword; he was probably complementing himself of his own looks and features.

"You're going to shatter the sword if you do that." I smirked.

His attention didn't change, "Save it for the duel imbecile."

'Oh... He is going down.' I thought.

Everypony, mostly stallions, were gathering around the Arena when I entered into it. Once they saw Luna take a seat at the bleachers the ponies bowed and she did as well. I brought out my scythe and everypony was in awe that the scythe was a different color than any other weapon out there. Still Blueblood didn't noticed, but his eyes, full of rage, was pinpointing at me.

She spoke, "My royal subjects we are here to see a duel which Blueblood has set upon himself."

I could hear some snickering in the background, it was probably for me or mostly for Blueblood.

Lune continued, "To day he fights our new Royal Strategist, Jayden. When I release the sound of the bell, the match will begin."

Everypony was whispering about that and it made me kind of nervous. They probably saw Frank before, but not me in this case which gave the crowd to cheer.

"Give him hell Jayden!" one stallion shouted.

"Hey!" Blueblood whined.

"Go buck yourself Blood!" another one said making most of the crowd laugh.

I sighed, "Let's get this over with."

Blueblood snorted through his nostrils, "The sooner I finish you, I can finally get my respect."

I sighed internally, 'Lets hope that Franks insane weapons training, that happened years ago, was worth it.'

A few seconds went by and the sound of the bell ringing caused me to sprint towards him. I swung my scythe and it clashed with his sword. I smirked and thrust my weapon back to try to send my opponents sword off of is magical levitation, but it was useless. Blueblood smirked and his horn glowed to life making the sword to clash several times with my blade. I blocked, dodged and tried to figure out his way of fighting. Then I realized what he was doing; Blueblood was pushing me back with a radius of 5 feet or so and he kept on turning when I tried to get to his side. 'He might have a weak spot on the back and I need to disable his horn, but how?' I thought.

My thought process was interrupted my a few more clashes with the blades making sparks fly across the arena. In the first time in my life, I was getting excited; the crowd was cheering for me of all things and Luna was practically yelling my name out. I got out of Blueblood's radius and the sword stopped at five feet. I was sweating like I ran a marathon and Blueblood wasn't having a picnic either. He was sweating bullets and he was struggling to maintain his levitation magic. I smirked, 'Only a little longer.'

At that moment I felt my scythe was radiating on my right arm. I raised it up and charged at him with all of my strength. Blueblood saw this coming and raised his sword in defense. In a blink of a second the blade clashed with the sword, but it sliced though the metal like butter. I reached out my left hand and grabbed his horn. His sword dropped to the ground and I smashed his head to my knee. He yelled in pain and I wasn't through yet. I grabbed his left hoof and threw him across the arena head first into a wall made out of marble.

Blueblood struggled to get back up, but I simply walked towards him. His eyes grew wider than dinner plates and when I was in front of him he was whining. I pointed my scythe to his throat and he gulped.

I smirked, "Do you know what they called me at school?"

He said nothing only a painful wail came out of him.

"They called me the ice because I can go through all the shit that they put me through like it was nothing. You are nothing to me and nothing more."

"I GIVE UP! I GIVE UP!!!" He whined.

I lifted my scythe for the final blow and I swung. I heard a blood curdling scream when my blade impacted to wall right beside him. Blueblood opened his eyes which were covered in ridiculous amount of tears.

I sighed, "At least they didn't let me through enough shit to kill anyone."

I pulled the scythe and walked slowly made my way to the exit. Everypony was silent, even Luna. 'Good.' I thought. The more they know about me the better my reputation will become. When I headed out of the arena; the crowd cheering out my name and headed out the Royal Guard training area. I didn't hear anypony following me, but I needed to clear my mind.


The Royal garden room was an amazing place to behold. It think I became a broken record of how this was was better than my world, but it was so fucking true. It was also night time which was a plus and the night flowers bloomed under the moonlight. I picked a spot to sit at which was a small hill and thought about my first day while star gazing. Looking at the stars made me clear my mind when I was frustrated, angry, or having internal battle in my head about what is right and what is wrong.

"Beautiful night were having." Luna said from behind.

I sighed, "Better than the light pollution in my old town."

"So your nights never became this beautiful?"

"Once in a blue moon, but then again it wouldn't show galaxies or all the stars like this." I pointed to the sky.

"Are there any similar constellations in your world that are similar to mine?"

"Nope, none of them are up here, we are in a different universe after all."

I saw Luna sit beside me and looked up at the stars with me. Her gaze went towards the my scythe which was lying on my right side.

"That battle with Blueblood and what you said... Was it all true?"

'Where did this come from?' I thought.

I sighed, "Yes it all true and I went through hell itself just to get a proper education."

"You keep of referencing hell as if school was horrible for you. Was it really all that bad?"

I glanced at her eyes and sighed again, "To a molecular level yes. It changed me on how I look at other people and that life made it harder for me to coup. It changed me how I wanted to date another girl or how I talk to people in general, but then Frank came in and changed it for the better."

"Hmm... So I take it you are thankful for Frank that he put your life in another direction."

"He didn't completely change it, but I was a little bit happier guiding him through the hell of a school."

I put my left hand on Luna's mane and she blushed again, but didn't complain as I petted her. At that moment my whole right arm started to burn; I yelled in pain as some markings were being put on my wrist. It looked like my scythe and it was completely outlined with black burn marks. The burn marks turned into a light ice blue color which took form into a tattoo?

"Jayden!" Luna yelled.

"I don't know what is happening!" I shouted.

The exhaustion from the battle between Blueblood and the excruciating pain going through my arm was giving me to lose consciousness.


The sounds of a life support machine started to wake me up. I had a throbbing headache and groaned in agony. I open my eyes and it was all blurred out because of the hospital having white walls. I rub my eyes and quickly looked around. Luna was sleeping beside me on a chair with a blanket draped over her. I smiled and tried to figure out what happened to me. I know I lost consiousness, but from what? I look at my right wrist and it had a ice blue scythe on it. It looked like I got myself a tattoo and a painful one at that. I hear the door open on the left side of the room and Frank came into the room with Twilight following after.

"I see somebody is finally up." He said.

"What happened?" I asked.

"As you can see on your wrist. You earned your cutie mark." He informed.

"Why is it shaped like my scythe?"

"You tell me. I don't know what happened."

"He battled Blueblood on a duel and won. His weapon of choice was a ice blue scythe." Luna yawned.

Frank picked up my scythe and looked at its details. I wonder what he was thinking and I hope he had an answer for what the cause of the cutie mark was, but at least I didn't have one on my ass.

Frank spoke, "I think that this world may influence you and our friends to get cutie marks in this world, but I don't know what yours represents."

Twilight levitated a book that said 'To define your cutie mark.' She flipped through the pages and stopped at a page and gasped. 'Please tell me it was a good thing.' I thought.

"Jayden your cutie mark represents your marksmanship as a warrior for an army." She stated.

"Oh... What again?" I asked.

Frank put his hand on my shoulder, "It means the Royal Strategist position is really worth your while and you like to be a strategist for an army. Right Twilight?"

She nodded, "Yes, it is amazing that humans can even get cutie marks! Frank and I must do research!"

I raised my arms to defend myself, "Please don't probe me!"

Frank chuckled, "All were doing is that were going to analyse if you have magic or not."

"I believe he does have magic because he was able to cut Blueblood's sword into two pieces with his scythe." Luna stated.

Twilight didn't listen to Luna and did a quick scan over my body. I didn't feel anything and it was relief that I don't have to have a needle stuck on my arm. Twilight looked to Frank and nodded.

"It looks like Luna is going to have to give you magic lessons as well." Twilight stated.

My eyes widen, "What?"

"Alright I'll be his tutor for magic. I don't really mind." She said.

"What?!" I shouted.

I saw Frank and Twilight walking out the door, leaving Luna and I with my jaw dropped.

"Have a good time with Luna!" Frank said closing the door.

I was left speechless with a smiling Luna looking through a book called: 'Unicorn Basic Magic 101'


-Frank's point of view-

I look to Twilight, "I really hope he doesn't have an event to which he changes into another personality like Night Shade."

Twilight frowned, "Don't worry, Princess Luna will lead Jayden to the right direction."

I sighed, "I really hope so Twilight... I really hope so."

Author's Notes:

Hope you enjoyed Jayden's chapter! Next chapter is about Connor and Pinkie Pie.

I would like to ask you though; what with the borderline of hate and love on this story? If you have criticism on your mind about the story then don't hesitate to comment. I am open to suggestions.

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